The Bolshevik Revolution ate itself. nt

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Topic - Someone is doing it right - Victor Khomenko 05:05:12 10/14/24 (53)

I'm really OK with removing out-of-fashion monuments - jedrider 14:20:25 10/14/24 (0)

RE: Someone is doing it right - Mike B. 08:21:57 10/14/24 (0)

I'm about two-thirds of the way through Adam Hochschild's "The Unquiet Ghosts." - ghost of olddude55 08:14:41 10/14/24 (46)

Asia had max population density. So, every swipe of the sword had max effect. - peppy m. 08:34:27 10/14/24 (35)

Vietnam... - ghost of olddude55 09:17:55 10/14/24 (34)

In the packed movie theater we needed some elbow room. So we moved our elbows and gave them a nudge. (nt - peppy m. 09:26:52 10/14/24 (33)

It was all so stupid. - ghost of olddude55 09:34:18 10/14/24 (32)

Blue Trout. - peppy m. 12:04:43 10/14/24 (0)

You simply grossly underestimate the evil of the communism - Victor Khomenko 11:13:03 10/14/24 (26)

So we blew up the village in order to save it. - ghost of olddude55 11:25:44 10/14/24 (25)

I seem unable... - Victor Khomenko 11:37:08 10/14/24 (24)

"my heart is with the Germans . . . - Brian H P 14:36:43 10/15/24 (9)

Collective guilt, heh? - Victor Khomenko 08:05:08 10/16/24 (8)

Would you agree that we should rightly rank the slaughterers: 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, and.... - peppy m. 08:37:13 10/16/24 (7)

I say to Hell with all of them - Brian H P 13:01:28 10/16/24 (4)

"against ALL tyrants, warmongers, and mass murderers." Sounds good... on surface - Victor Khomenko 08:05:07 10/17/24 (0)

Maybe some meant well, while others... - peppy m. 13:10:41 10/16/24 (2)

Meaning well means . . . - Brian H P 14:23:27 10/16/24 (1)

Meaning well could also mean . . . - peppy m. 14:36:17 10/16/24 (0)

I used to hold the rank of Naive First Class, but I was demoted nt - Victor Khomenko 10:09:56 10/16/24 (1)

Chief Petty Officer here. (nt - peppy m. 10:20:21 10/16/24 (0)

We're never going to agree on this Victor. - ghost of olddude55 11:53:32 10/14/24 (13)

Some believe in "Black & White". Others believe in "Shades of Gray". (nt - peppy m. 12:12:10 10/14/24 (6)

I believe that if you dress yourself up in the mantle of the world's good guy... - ghost of olddude55 12:17:30 10/14/24 (5)

Yeah but lot's of people dress like that. It's tha fashion. - peppy m. 12:47:04 10/14/24 (4)

I could never find shoes to match the bag. - ghost of olddude55 12:58:04 10/14/24 (3)

Chill. Just keep lookin'. - peppy m. 13:02:19 10/14/24 (2)

Better be clean. - ghost of olddude55 13:04:24 10/14/24 (1)

Don' worry about cleanliness. It's "The Opiate Of The People". (nt - peppy m. 14:46:21 10/14/24 (0)

Red herring - Victor Khomenko 12:00:48 10/14/24 (5)

So sayeth - E-Stat 12:58:37 10/14/24 (0)

What you don't get is, killing people in the name of communism. - ghost of olddude55 12:13:09 10/14/24 (3)

I know, to you the two are the same - Victor Khomenko 12:34:05 10/14/24 (2)

The US does. It always has. - ghost of olddude55 12:45:16 10/14/24 (1)

Like I said... the source of all those problems doesn't bother you - Victor Khomenko 13:44:50 10/14/24 (0)

Everyone is a missionary on a mission. - peppy m. 09:39:08 10/14/24 (3)

Our tramp stamp is showing. - ghost of olddude55 09:53:11 10/14/24 (2)

Well, at the very least... - peppy m. 10:49:51 10/14/24 (1)

Gotcha. Wink, wink. - ghost of olddude55 10:53:55 10/14/24 (0)

To be fair to Hitler, he was simply not allowed enough time - Victor Khomenko 08:25:44 10/14/24 (9)

The Bolshevik Revolution ate itself. nt - ghost of olddude55 09:07:03 10/14/24 (8)

Not really... it delivered what it meant - Victor Khomenko 10:29:55 10/14/24 (7)

But the main victims were Bolsheviks. - ghost of olddude55 10:35:20 10/14/24 (6)

And are we supposed to care? - Victor Khomenko 11:20:56 10/14/24 (5)

All those you listed were also Bolsheviks. - ghost of olddude55 11:55:40 10/14/24 (4)

Huh? - Victor Khomenko 12:04:53 10/14/24 (3)

Hochschild interviewed survivors. - ghost of olddude55 12:15:06 10/14/24 (2)

That is the problem with limited exposure - Victor Khomenko 12:37:45 10/14/24 (1)

I use "Soviets" as a distinction from "Russians." - ghost of olddude55 13:31:41 10/14/24 (0)

RE: Someone is doing it right - fantja 07:34:45 10/14/24 (0)

They must be focusing on the sunny side of Stalin. - peppy m. 05:37:39 10/14/24 (2)

What applies to Joe Shmo, does not apply to monsters - Victor Khomenko 05:57:35 10/14/24 (1)

Perhaps true, but let this serve as a reminder anyway... - peppy m. 06:06:54 10/14/24 (0)

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The Bolshevik Revolution ate itself. nt - ghost of olddude55 09:07:03 10/14/24 (8)

Not really... it delivered what it meant - Victor Khomenko 10:29:55 10/14/24 (7)

But the main victims were Bolsheviks. - ghost of olddude55 10:35:20 10/14/24 (6)

And are we supposed to care? - Victor Khomenko 11:20:56 10/14/24 (5)

All those you listed were also Bolsheviks. - ghost of olddude55 11:55:40 10/14/24 (4)

Huh? - Victor Khomenko 12:04:53 10/14/24 (3)

Hochschild interviewed survivors. - ghost of olddude55 12:15:06 10/14/24 (2)

That is the problem with limited exposure - Victor Khomenko 12:37:45 10/14/24 (1)

I use "Soviets" as a distinction from "Russians." - ghost of olddude55 13:31:41 10/14/24 (0)

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